Toy



W. C..HADLEY.

TOY. APPLICATION FILED AUG.20| I920.

Patented Jan.17,1922.'

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WALTER C. HADLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGN OR TO CENTRAL TALKINGMACHINE SHOP, INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TOY.

Application filed August 20, 1820. Serial No. 404,970.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER G. HADLEY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of New York city, borough of lllanhattan, countyand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inToys, more particularly a dancing toy designed to be operated by thekeys of an automatic or self-playing piano, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of the invention is to produce a toy which may be positionedover the white keys of a piano and as the keys move up and down, the toywill be operated to simulate a dancing figure.

T o the above ends the present invention consists of a support, a levercarried thereby adapted to engage and be operated by a key of a piano,and carrying a suspended toy; and it further consists of the devices andcombinations of devices which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which- Fig.1 shows a vertical cross-section of a piano with the toy in position onthe keys thereof, the toy being shown in elevation with the supporttherefor in cross-section.

Fi 2 shows a top plan view.

Similar reference characters will be employed to designate correspondingparts.

The device comprises a suitable support 1 which may be made of anysuitable material, such as a piece of wood, and may be of indefinitelength within the range of the keyboard of a piano and determined by thenumber of figures which it is desired shall be associated therewith. Inthe drawing the support as shown in Fig. :2 is of suliicient length tocarry three such figures.

The support 1 is provided with notches 2 along its rear edge, therebeing as many notches as there are figures. Pivotally supported in thenotches 2 are the two arm levers 3, such levers being mounted to freelyturn about a rod 4 secured to the base 1. The lower or short arm 5 ofthe lever' 3 rests upon the forward end of a white key 6 of the pianoand the upper longer arm 7 of the lever 3 extends upwardly andforwardly, preferably infa curved line, so as to overhang the extremeforward ends of the white keys 6.

The Figure 8 is suspended, preferably by means of a spring 9, to theextreme upper end 10 of the upper arm 7 of the lever 3, so

be pivotally connected or jointed to the body as shown at 14, wherebythey may have movement independent of the figure, to simulate dancing.

Where a plurality of figures are employed the construction justdescribed will be embodied in each figure. With the device supportedupon the black keys 15 of a piano in the position shown in Figs. 1 and2, as the white keys which engage the short arms 5 of the levers 3 riseand fall, a rocking movement will be imparted to the levers 3, causingthe figures to jump up and down as though dancing to the music.

It is of courseunderstood that the keys of the piano are automaticallymoved by the operating mechanism of the piano and that whenever that keywith which the lever is engaged is moved, movement will be impartedthrough the lever to the figure suspended thereon.

Having described my invention I claim:

1. A toy, comprising a base or support, a rocking lever pivotallyconnected thereto and having two arms disposed at an angle to eachother, one arm of the lever extending beneath the base or support, to beengaged by a white key of a piano, the other arm of the lever extendingupwardly and forwardly over the base, and a figure connected to theupper end of the upwardly and forwardly extending arm.

2. A toy, comprising a base or support, a standard rising therefrom andmovably connected therewith, and projecting forwardly over the base orsupport, a figure suspended from the standard, the lower end of thestandard projecting below the base and adapted to be engaged by a whitekey of a piano to impart movement .thereto, and to the suspended figure.

3. A toy, comprising a support or base, a rocking lever pivotallyconnected thereto, one arm of the lever projecting beneath the base tobe engaged by a white key of a piano, the other arm of the leverextending upwardly and forwardly over the base, a short elastic flexibleelement connected to the upper end of the lever and a figure suspendedby such flexible element.

LTER o. HADLEY.

